134 INDEX TO YEARBOOKS, 1901-1905. 



Schools, rural, aid from Department, remarks of Secretary, 1901, 78. 

 improvement, 1902, 99. 



laboratory exercises, and materials, 1905, 267-272. 

 providing elementary education and nature study, problems, 1901 



137, 149. 

 results of centralization, summary of Bureau of Education, 1901, 145. 

 summary of problems, 1901, 154. 



teacbing agnculture, use of illustrative material, article by Dick S 

 Crosby, 1905, 257-274. 

 secondary and elementary, instruction in agriculture, remarks, 1904, 97-99. 

 statistics, in agricultural districts of United States, 1901, 136. 

 text-books and methods for agricultural training, 1904, 98. 

 See also High schools. 

 Schreiner, S. C. Cronwright, remarks on effect on mohair of care of goats, 1901, 278. 

 ScHEENK, Hermann von, article on "Recent progress in preservation of timber " 



1903, 427-440. 

 ScHULTE, J. I., article on "Illustrations of the influence of experiment station work on 



culture of field crops," 1905, 407^22. 

 Schwarz, E. A., study of cotton boll weevil in Cuba, remarks, 1903, 211. 

 Scientific aid, Department, note, 1901, 9. 

 Scientist, relation to farmer, 1903, 446-447. 

 Scolytus rugulosus, life history, habits, remedies, etc., 1905, 346-347. 



4-spinosus, description, injury, etc., 1903, 314,317. 

 Scraper, buck, for smoothing land for irrigation, 1903, 241. 

 Screens, use against mosquitoes, note, 1901, 183. 

 Screwfly, parasite, remarks, 1905, 144. 



Scribner, P. Lamson, chief of insular bureau of agriculture, Philippines, 1901, 525. 

 Scuppemong grape, growing, prospective development, 1904, 367. 

 Scutellista cyanea, black-scale parasite, remarks, 1903, 74; 1904, 82; 1905, 77. 

 Sea birds, protection of breeding colonies, note, 1902, 216. 

 island cotton, disadvantages in production, 1903, 123. 

 methods in seed selection, 1902, 374-375. 

 region and amount of supply, note, 1903, 121. 

 use for mail bags, 1903, 124. 



varieties, description, yield, price, uses, 1903, 389. 

 wilt disease and resistant types, 1902, 229. 

 Season and climate, effect upon composition of wheat, 1901, 307-308. 



corn planting, advantage of early planting, with dates, 1903, 184. 

 potato planting in Colorado, 1904, 316. 

 Seasonal rainfall at San Francisco, discussion, 1902, 189-190. 

 Seasoning of wood, note; red oak and pines, remarks, 1903, 53, 429, 430. 

 timber, notes, 1904, 61. 

 wood, experiments, 1905, 461. 

 Seasons at San Francisco, remarks, 1902, 198. 



in California, wet and dry, article by Alexander Gr. McAdie, 1902, 187-204. 

 Seattle, advantages of harbor for trade, 1901, 571. 

 Secretary of Agriculture. See Agriculture, Secretary. 



Treasury. See Treasury. 

 Seed, advantages of selection in localities of final use, remarks, 1902, 367. 



and plant introduction and distribution, article by A. J. Pieters, 1905, 291-306. 

 foreign, discussion, 1902, 33. 

 historic review, 1905, 291-292. 

 new lines, 1903, 27. 

 objects of work, 1905, 292-293. 

 progress, discussion, 1904, 47^8. 

 testing new varieties for distribution, methods, 1905, 

 299-301. 

 ball, sugar beet, single germ, attempt to develop, 1903, 406. 

 bed, tobacco, selection of plants, 1904, 442. 

 beds, forest-tree planting, size, preparation, and care, 1905, 187. 



tobacco, making, 1905, 222. 

 beet, American-grown, excellence, 1904, 344. 



best method of production in commercial quantities, 1904, 345-347. 

 faults and importance of growing, 1904, 343. 

 foreign-grown, disadvantages of reliance, 1904, 342-843. 

 scientific growing, Bummary of steps, 1904, 350. 



